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Perry Samson

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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Exam #1part of Cutting Edge:Metacognition:Activities The first exam in a class holds an opportunity for metacognitive teaching. At this point the student is open to hearing your message, especially if their outcome is less than they had hoped. This example walks through some strategies for implementing metacognitive teaching wrapped around the first exam.

What Do You Know Now?part of Cutting Edge:Metacognition:Activities An opportunity to offer metacognitive teaching arises from the simple question "what do you know now that you didn't before (whatever)"? This simple question can be asked after a reading, a lecture, a lab or other unit of student activity. The thrust is to force the student to consider what they've been exposed to and reflect on what they've learned. Did the activity change their opinion? Did this activity help them identify an analogy?

Challenging Pre-Conceptionspart of Cutting Edge:Metacognition:Activities Students carry into class pre-conceptions based on stories they've heard, articles they've read and experiences they've had. One of the best opportunities to teach metacognition is at a 'gotcha' moment when they come to realize their pre-conception is amiss.

Peer Instructionpart of Cutting Edge:Develop Program-Wide Abilities:Metacognition:Activities Peer instruction may offer some of the richest opportunities for metacognitive teaching. Reciprocal (peer) teaching forces the instructor to use a whole series of metacognitive processes such as determining what ...

What's Wrong with This Picture?part of Cutting Edge:Online Teaching:Activities for Teaching Online In LectureTools, after an introduction to basics of energy transfer students are presented with image of infrared radiation and asked which parts of image make sense and which parts do not. This invariably leads to ...